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title = "IEEE 1012 Featuring Security"
date = 2021-02-02
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Unrelated Updates
=================

My ssg has a few known bugs, but I also discoverd the RSS feed generator
has a bug. I think I need to make a breaking change to not use a default
title. I also want to finally finish a proper installation, so it works
from anywhere, not just the parent directory (which is lame, I know, but
I wrote this specifically, only, and originally for my blog). My ssg
also only works one at a time because emacs defaults to using the same
temp location for the current user. I think I can fix that by specifying
the temp location. I originally wrote it when I migrated to org mode,
which I still think was a good idea). But at the time I wanted to write
a purely el implementation. Well, the rss feed generator already breaks
those hopes!

IEEE 1012
=========

A few years ago I was convinced by one of my graduate teachers that
safety relates to damage or harm while security relates more to
preventing unauthorized access.

> security: (A) The protection of computer hardware or software from
> accidental or malicious access, use, modification, destruction, or
> disclosure. Security also pertains to personnel, data, communications,
> and the physical protection of computer installations. (B)The
> protection of information and data so that unauthorized persons or
> systems cannot read or modify them and authorized persons or systems
> are not denied access to them.
>
> NOTE---See ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010 \[B20\].

Over the years I had forgotten where this idea came from. I have
referred to it in previous posts as well as during conversations. I have
encountered a bit of resistence to this idea, though. Most folks think
\"safety\" means security. Just look at the python package called
safety. It\'s not the only example.

How I Found It Again
====================

I was in a meeting today where folks could not agree on a well-crafted
series of milestones. I thought to myself, \"Great! I wrote a paper on
this during my grad program!\" I dug up the standard and skimmed through
the definitions and there was the entry for security staring at me in
the face.

References
==========

-   <https://standards.ieee.org/project/1012.html>
-   <https://pypi.org/project/safety/>
